Verity by Colleen Hoover
VERITY REVIEW Confession time. I’m the person in the cinema that has read the full plot. I absolutely will flick to the end of a book initially so I can observe how the plot unfo
The Transgender Issue by Shon Faye
JOINT REVIEW The liberation of trans people would improve the lives of everyone in our society’ reads the opening line of Shon Faye’s Transgender Issue. Indeed, throughout this
The Odyssey, Homer
FRIDAY FAVE~GREEK MYTHS EDITION In Lockdown #325 last year Sophie posted on FB asking for a book recommendation. I suggested all time fave Song of Achilles, now with mill
I Love You But I Have Chosen Darkness by Claire Vaye Watkins
I LOVE YOU BUT I HAVE CHOSEN DARKNESS There are things in this world that mess with your brain. This book is one of them. It is uniquely mercurial, darkly funny and completely unse
Under The Whispering Door – TJ Klune
@tjklunebooks is a writer that knows how to gradually make a readers heart (both adult and teen) utterly invested in his characters. His previous book, The House in the Cerule
Say Nothing by Patrick Radden Keefe
FRIDAY FAVOURITE Last year I read — and loved — Empire of Pain by @praddenkeefe. In fact, I was so blown away by it, I named it my favourite non-fiction book of 2021. I wouldn
The Women of Rothschild by Natalie Livingstone
THE WOMEN OF ROTHSCHILD There’s little better than when the two of us get together. And when we are doing it not only to chat about a book we’ve both totally loved but also to
State Of Terror by Hillary Clinton & Louise Penny
STATE OF TERROR Lord I love politics. I watch parliamentary debates, am a die hard fan of The West Wing, Yes Prime Minister, Scandal – you name it If it’s political I will
To Paradise by Hanya Yanagihar
THE BOOK WE’VE BEEN WAITING FOR The book we’ve been waiting for, on every must read books of 2022 list is published today internationally. We were so thrilled to receive a limi
Slug by Hollie McNish
FRIDAY FAVOURITE~ SLUG Sometimes you read a book that makes you grateful for being a reader, that you wish to distribute copies of to every single person on Earth because it would
Group by Christie Tate
GROUP Arriving with a huge box of chocolates from a best mate last week was this book – perfect gift I think so! My friend is a discerning reader and when she recommends a bo
The Love Hypothesis By Ali Hazelwood
THE LOVE HYPOTHESIS I want to read more broadly this year and I never read electronically but this hugely hyped book was 99p (just over a dollar for our US friends) so this was out